Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-05-28

rs after The baltic of Antictam q
man got out of an ambulance Will
a bag of tracts, and he went dlstri
buting the racts,aud George SIN
| art, one of the best christian mel
in this country, sand to him, '.Wla1
are YOU distributing tracts for HOW
There are three thousand mel
bleeding TO death. Bind mp thei
wounds and then distribute tn,
Tracts"
| We want moro common sense il
Christian work, taking the bwaf
oft life in one hand and the
bread Of the next life in the Other
hand.
No such inapt work as that done
by the Christian man who, during
the last war, wcEt into a hospital
with tracts. and coming to the bed
of Il man whose legs had been am
putated, gave him Il tract on the
SIN of dancing!
/ rejoice before God that never
arc sympathetic words uttered,
never II prayer offered, never a
Christian almsgiyinG INDUCED in
but it is blessed.
There is a place in Switzerland,
| have been told where the utter
ance Of one VOID will bring back a
score OF echoes; and have to tell
you this morning that asympathet.
ic word, Il kind word, u generous
word, Il helpful word uttered in the
dalk places OF the town will bring
ten thousand echoes from all the
Throne OF heaven.
Are there in this asSemblagetlliS
morning any who know by expe-
rience the tragedies in the third
watch OF the night? | am not EicIc
to thrust YOU back with one hard
word. Take the bandaee from
your bruised soul, andput on it the
soothing Salve of Cllrists gospel
and Gods compassion. Many have
come. | see others coming this
morning, tired of the sinful life
Cry up the news to heaven. Set all
the bells ringing. Spread the ban
quet under the arches. Let he
crowned heads come down and sit
at the jubilee. | tell lou there is
more delight in heaven over one
man that gets reformed by the
grace OF God than over the ninety
aud nine who never got of the
track.
l could give you the history, in a
minute, Of one Of the best friends |
ever had. Outside ofmy own fam
lily lneverhad u better friend. lie
welcomed me to my home at the
West. He WAS ofsplendld person.
al appearance but he had anardOr
of soul and Il warmth of affection
tlatmade me love hlm like Il broth
er. | saw men coming ont of saloons
and gambling-hellS, and they sur
rounded my friend and they took
him at the weak point, ibis social ma
ture,and | saw him going land
| had ID fair talk with him-ior
never yet SAW man you couldnot
talk with On the subject of his tab
btS,ii you talked With him in the
right way. | said 10 him: "Why
don't you give up Your bad habits
and become {, ciirstian?" l rcmeln
Der now just how he looked leaning
over his counter, as he replied: 81
wish | could. Oh, sir! l should like
to be Il Christian, but | have gone
so far astray can't get back"
So the time went on. After a
while the day Of sickness came. |
was summoned to his sick bed. /
FASTENED. 1t took me but a very
few minutes to get there. | was
surprised as / went in. j saw him
in his ordinary dress, fully dressed,
lying on top of the bed. | gave
him my hand. and he seized 1t con-
yuIsiveli, and said: go, how glad
am to see you! Sit down there"
sat down and he said: "Alr. Tall
mage, just Mllcrc you sit now my
mother sat last night. She has
been dead twenty Years. Now, |
don't want you TO think lam QUITO
my mlud,or that am superstition;
b,i,, sir.SlIe sat there last night just
us certainly as you sit there HOW
the same cap and apron, and spec
tacIcs. 1t was my old mother-she
sat there" Then he turned TO his
wife and said: 81 wish you would
take these strings off he bed; some
body is wrapping strings around
me all the time. | wish sou would
stop that annoyance" She said:
There is nothing here" Then L
saw it was deliriulu.
BE said: 'Just where you sit
now my mother sat, and she said:
sRosewcII, | wish you would do bet
teri wish you would do better"
said: "Mother, | wish | could do
better;I try to do better, but | can't.
Mother, you used to help me; why
can't you help me nowv And, sir,
| got out OF bed, for it was reality,
and | went to her and threw my
arms around her neck, and said:
Mother, | will'do better, but you
must help; | can't do this alone. !"
| knelt down aud prayed. That
night his soul went to the Lord that
made it.
Arrangements were made for the
ob>equies. The question was raised
whether they should bring him to
the church. Somebody said: "You
cannot bring such Il diss0lute man
ais that Into The church." | said:
..Yuu will bring him Iii church; he